THE FORTIFIED FARMS OF ROMAN LIMES

The fortified farms of Ghirza included the defensive military strategy of Rome in Africa, which was based on an instrument: . The limès was a defensive border that protected the shoreline romanisés territories in west, with its large cities such as Leptis Magna, Sabratha and Oea, against attacks by nomadic tribes.

However, no natural relief could be used to delimit this boundary. That is why, under the reign of Emperor Septime Harsh, it was dominated by a series of tracks punctuated by fortified farms (like Ghirza), where farmers were in fact former military personnel who were assigned to value-exempt land lots. Ghirza was the largest fortified farm centre of the tripolitain tripolitain.